Review of Justice League (2017) by Bosrs1 — 20 Mar 2021

This movie was just OK when it came out. But now having seen a version from its real director, it is genuinely shocking how many things, both large and small were changed by the uncredited stand in director Joss Whedon.

And none of them for the better. Rewatching this version after the Snyder version, this feels like the lame quip filled, extra interpersonal conflict, overly comedic attempt at the same movie that it really is.

.. which is doubly strange since this is the original theatrical film. I won't say cut, because this film is more than just a shorter theatrical version, at least half this Whedon movie wasn't in the real director's final movie, and much that was felt completely different through different framing, tone, music, dialogue, lighting, coloration, cgi, etc.

.. and again all of it worse in this version. So as I said, in a vacuum when it came out, this was a meh maybe 4 or 5 rating. But now it lives in a world where the real movie was released, and this store brand version was revealed for the lame attempt at the same story it really was and that it really should never have been made.

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